Chapter 268: Another Assassination
Peng Xin's pride lasted for only half an hour. Mo Si and Mo Wang came in through the side door almost at the same time, walked to Chen Danxia, and whispered: "Grandma, fortunately I have not been humiliated."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Chen Danxia was now truly at ease and nodded to Sun Zhenniang who was staring here.
Sun Zhenniang sighed and invited all the guests to the table.
Attendance?
Peng Xin was stunned for a moment and the ingredients were broken. What should I eat? Should I eat all vegetarian dishes? The birthday party was full of vegetarian dishes, so I was even more embarrassed!
Sitting down at the table, the maid in uniform dresses came in with a tray, spreading around the flower hall, serving dishes to each table. Peng Xin looked at the dishes with eight hot, four cold and four soups on the table, and gasped. Where did they get these meat dishes? The wet nurse clearly told her that people had already tampered with the dishes. How could Shen and Sun be ready to attend? Did the wet nurse reveal the stuff, let them notice and prepare in advance?
Peng Xin couldn't figure it out.
"Hey, this dish looks like the craftsmanship of Master Kou in Wanfu Mountain Villa. Master Kou has always been difficult to invite him. Unexpectedly, Xu's mansion has a great face and actually invited Master Kou to take the spoon." A wife smiled after eating a piece of goose jerky.
"The owner of Wanfu Villa is Grandma Xu's third grandmother. Is there anything strange about asking her own chef to come over and take care of her?" Another lady smiled.
Wanfu Villa is Shen’s property! No wonder she can get a table. Peng Xin tightened the chopsticks in her hand. This Shen is too cunning!
After lunch and watching a few short plays, the guests said goodbye one after another and went home. They sent off the last group of guests, except for Sun Zhenniang staying in the flower hall, instructing the maids to pack up the dishes, tables, chairs, vases, jade and other items in the flower hall. Qin, Wang, Chen Danxia and Peng Xin each returned to their respective yards.
Chen Danxia returned to Lingxiyuan, "How much money did it cost?"
"Because of the incoming rush, I used up all the dishes prepared by the two families, and spent a total of 10,000 taels of silver." Mo Shu said.
"Ten thousand silver!" Even though Chen Danxia was very rich, she felt a little heartbroken after taking out so much at once. "When it was found out who was doing it, I have to ask her to spit out three times the compensation."
"Who are grandma doubts?" Mo Shi asked.
"The Qin family, Wang family and Peng family are both possible, but the most suspected is Peng family." Chen Danxia speculated.
The master and servant were talking, but Xu Lang came back with a smell of alcohol. Chen Danxia stepped forward to support him, "What are you doing to drink so much wine?"
"Jiu'er, why do I eat the dishes on the table look like Baoxianglou's craftsmanship?" Xu Lang hugged Chen Danxia's waist and leaned against her and said.
Chen Danxia helped him sit down on the kang, "Those dishes were made by the chefs from Baoxianglou."
"Did you invite them over?" Xu Lang asked with a frown.
"I didn't invite them over, but I just had to go to Baoxiang Tower to ask for a hundred tables of tables." Chen Danxia sat down beside Xu Lang.
"What happened?" Xu Lang took the teacup sent by Mo Si and took a sip of the tea.
Chen Danxia said briefly, leaned back on the soft pillow, glanced at him sideways, and asked, "After my fourth brother and sister-in-law both made a big mistake, who do you think your grandmother will give the right to the gift?"
Xu Lang stretched out his long arms, hugged Chen Danxia into his arms, pressed her to his knees, and reached out to lift her skirt, revealing the pink and blue mid-sized pants inside.
"What are you going to do?" Chen Danxia struggled to get up.
Xu Lang raised his hand and slapped her three times on the butt. Although it was very light, Chen Danxia still lowered his head in shame and bit his thigh. She grew so big that no one had hit her like this.
Xu Lang patted her butt gently, "Let go, don't hurt your teeth. If you want to bite, just bite my lips. My lips are softer."
Chen Danxia let go of his mouth, "Go away, let me get up."
"I can remember it, admit my mistake first." Xu Lang pressed his hand on her back.
"Where am I wrong?" Chen Danxia asked with his head raised.
"You test me, or use such a bad person to test me. Do you think you should hit me?" Xu Lang slapped her butt three more times.
"I was wrong, I was wrong, I really knew I was wrong." Chen Danxia begged for mercy.
Xu Lang looked into her eyes and said seriously: "The person who should protect her is Xu Sheng, and the person I want to protect is you. Do you remember?" He raised his hand.
"Remember, remember, engraved in my heart." Chen Danxia glared at him.
Xu Lang touched her face and said, "So good."
"Hate." Chen Danxia pouted.
"Hate me? This doesn't work. You have to fall in love with me." Xu Lang hugged the person back in his arms, lowered his head and held her lips.
The couple played in the room for a while, and only then did they prepare their wrinkled clothes and go to take care of the children when they heard the crying of the two little guys.
Although he suspected Peng Xin, when Sun Zhenniang interrogated Lu Pozi in the evening, Chen Danxia did not go to listen. There was a problem with the birthday party today, and it was not only her. Sun Zhenniang was also implicated. It was found out who did it. If she didn't need her to take action, Sun Zhenniang would not be able to spare that person.
The next morning, Sun Zhenniang came to see Chen Danxia, "San Sister-in-law, Mrs. Lu refused to say anything, but my people found out that Mrs. Lu had talked to the eldest daughter-in-law of the fifth grandma's wet nurse for a while."
It was indeed Peng Xin.
Chen Danxia curled the corners of his lips and asked, "What will the fourth brother and sister plan to deal with Mrs. Lu?"
"Kill the chicken to warn the monkey, I will dismiss the position of Lu Pozi, and then sell her family." Sun Zhenniang was obviously really angry.
"What do you think about selling it to the Northwest Han Kiln and letting their family go to mining?" Chen Danxia asked with a smile. How can ordinary sell it? Maybe the Xu family will buy people away, and the Peng family will buy people. Those who are sold to the Northwest Han Kiln will have a brand on their foreheads. Even if the people who are sold there escape, because of that brand, they will be sent back to the Han Kiln again, and there will be no day to turn over.
Sun Zhenniang hesitated for a moment and then smiled and said, "It's great."
Neither sister-in-law is the kind of womanly kind. After discussing, Sun Zhenniang went to implement it. When Mrs. Lu learned that she was going to be sold to the Northwest Han Kiln, she collapsed and shouted loudly: "It's the fifth grandma, it's the fifth grandma who asked the old slave to do it."
It was too late for her to confess at this time. The whole family of twenty-three people were sold to the Northwest Cold Kiln. Sun Zhenniang's ruthless attitude made the Xu family's people with dissolute intentions honestly and peacefully. For a while, the turmoil in the Xu family was unable to accept the people to help her do things. The turmoil in the Xu family was temporarily settled.
On September 19, the prince of Yongning, Yan Jintian, led his troops to southern Hunan to suppress the bandits; on the 20th, the emperor ordered Zhang Yan and Song Xuan to go to Dayuan, Zhao Chengzhi to go to Western Tatars, Cheng Yu to go to Monan, Prince Pei Yang Linhai to go to Goryeo, and Prince Jing Deng Shichang to go to Japan; the emperor's order received by Xu Lang was to patrol the border along the coast.
"Can you come back for the New Year?" Chen Danxia asked. The coastline of Dafeng Kingdom is very long, and it is only three months before the New Year.
"I'll try my best." Xu Lang was not sure either.
"Why did the emperor suddenly remember you to patrol the coast?" Chen Danxia asked with a frown.
"I don't know, the holy intention is unpredictable." Xu Lang said calmly.
"The sea storm is unpredictable, you must be careful in everything." Chen Danxia walked to Xu Lang, holding his face, "Don't be tempted or flirted with women."
Xu Lang reached out to put his hand around her slender waist, "Jiu'er, you just don't trust me so much?"
"It's not that I don't trust it, I just said it casually." Chen Danxia laughed and leaned over and kissed his lips. "I can't bear to leave you. Last year, I met the death of the Supreme Emperor during the Chinese New Year. We didn't stay together. What are you going to patrol again this year?"
Xu Lang sighed softly, hugged the person tightly, kissed her cheeks and cherry lips, and married for two years, but could not stay together for two years. This was a depressing thing.
On September 23rd, Xu Langshen was about to go home and played with his two sons for a long time, which made the two little guys almost make their throats hoarse. In the evening, Xu Lang and Shen Danxia went to the courtyard to accompany Mrs. Xu for dinner and then took a walk back to Lingxi courtyard.
Back in the yard, Chen Danxia sent Xu Lang to the bathroom to take a shower, and she began to pack his luggage for him. Xu Lang came back from bathing, looking at the couch with a few new sets of underwear and underwear, and looking at the needlework and thread and embroidered fat little Qilin, she knew that it was made by her own hands. After getting married, he knew that she didn't like to be a girl, but she did so much for him.
Xu Lang reached out and hugged the person in his arms, and said in her ear: "Jiu'er, during my time out, you must take good care of yourself and don't be too tired on weekdays. If you have any questions, let the servants do it, take care of their son, and wait for me at home."
"I didn't do anything, I'm idle every day." Chen Danxia laughed. She handed over the gifts from the mansion to Sun Zhenniang and the things in the yard to Fu Pozi and the others. She really didn't do anything.
"You are not idle, I know." Xu Lang smiled.
"Save it, I want to pack up." Chen Danxia pushed him away and said.
After packing up, Chen Danxia went to take a shower. When he came back, he saw Xu Lang lying on the bed, looking like he was waiting for her to favor. His face turned slightly red, he pulled off the curtain and went to bed.
After the pleasant rain, Chen Danxia hid in Xu Lang's arms and said, "I really want to go with you."
"When Pangpang grows stronger, our family of four will go out to enjoy the mountains and rivers," Xu Lang said.
"Okay." Chen Danxia yawned.
"Go to bed!" Xu Lang stroked her back.
On the 24th, five envoys left Jindu and rushed to different foreign lands; Xu Lang led thirty imperial guards and four Chang brothers to Jinkou, and boarded the boat and headed south to Haikou.
Xu Lang went out, and Chen Danxia still had to live his life. Fortunately, there were two little guys distracting her from her attention and life was not too sad.
A few days later, on the first day of October, Princess Xiansu passed away. Prince Gao Ju of Yan was ordered to pay his respects. Princess Yan came on behalf of the emperor, and the children and grandchildren of Princess Xiansu were naturally flattered. Princess Yan sautified the incense of Princess Xiansu. When she sat down to talk to her children and grandchildren, a maid who served tea bowed her head and walked towards him.
Just as she was about to walk to Prince Yan, Zhang Mu'er, who came with her parents to pay her respects, saw the metal light flashing under the tray the maid was holding.
"There is an assassin!" Zhang Mu'er shouted loudly.
Seeing that the maid was screaming, she threw the tray and stabbed Gao Qiu with a dagger. Gao Qiu sat on the chair and could not retreat at all. Seeing that the dagger was about to stab into his chest, a delicate body suddenly blocked him, and the dagger penetrated into the woman's chest.
The maid failed to hit the attack, pulled out the dagger and cut it horizontally into Gao Qiu's neck. However, the guards had already pulled out their swords and came up to protect the master. She had no chance to take action again. The mourning hall was in chaos. The last time an assassin appeared in the Shouyang Grand Princess Mansion, the Shouyang Grand Princess Mansion was still trembling and shocked. Unexpectedly, a few years later, the Xiansu Grand Princess Mansion came again.
The assassin did not stab Gao Ju to death last time, and stabbed Prince Anping to death. This time...
"Mu'er!" Mrs. Chang Ningbo shouted sharply.
The person who blocked the knife for Gao Gu was Zhang Mu'er. Because the assassin pulled out the dagger, blood gushed out, dyeing her plain clothes into blood.
The children and grandchildren of Princess Xiansu were so scared that their faces were pale and knelt in front of Gao Ju to apologize. Although Gao Ju's face was not very good, the prince was calm. He first handed Zhang Mu'er to Mrs. Chang Ningbo, then asked Doctor Xuan and ordered the princess's mansion to be surrounded. If the assassin dared to assassinate, there should not be only one person. If someone surrounded the princess's mansion, he would definitely find accomplices.
Chen Danxia learned the news from Sun Zhenniang, and her mouth twitched. How could this silly girl have done such a heroic behavior? Didn’t she know that she must be with a martial guard next to Gao Ju, and she needs to block the knife?
The next day, Chen Danxia brought some blood-replenishing medicinal herbs to Changning Bo Mansion; Zhang Mu'er was injured and hurt her lungs. She was entirely determined by the Imperial Hospital Hospital to save her life.
Chen Danxia looked at Zhang Mu'er with a pale face and said, "You are not afraid of death, and you dare to rush over to block the knife."
"I'm afraid of death, but I don't want the prince to be injured." Zhang Mu'er said softly.
These words made Chen Danxia's heart pound, "You shouldn't..."
Zhang Mu'er smiled slightly, "Yes, I feel happy to Prince Yan."
"But Prince Yan already has seven wives and concubines." Chen Danxia reminded her.
"I thought I would be selected for the draft, but I didn't expect that the emperor would choose Yang Lingzhi." Zhang Mu'er said with a sad look on his eyelids.
"What are you going to do now?" Chen Danxia asked.
"I don't know." Zhang Mu'er raised her hand and gently stroked the wound on her chest. "Leave it to fate. No matter what, I blocked the knife for him, he should remember me."
A woman with deep love can't help but Chen Danxia didn't intend to take this effort. She sighed, "You should take good care of your injuries, I'll come to see you again someday."
Zhang Mu'er smiled and asked the maid to send her out.
Gao Ju was assassinated again. The emperor was furious, and Empress Zhao was also furious. Of course, the reason for the anger was different. At night, the woman in the palace dress appeared in Empress Zhao in the secret room of the Qiyuan Palace and accepted Empress Zhao's severe scolding, "Is this your arrangement? Are you just arranging this assassination like a play? Are you kidding?"
"Empress, this assassination was not arranged by our subordinates. Our people have not taken action yet." The woman in the palace dress knelt down and said.
Zhao Hou was stunned, "That is, who is not only this palace, there is someone who wants his life. Send someone to check whether he can join forces, it's best."
The woman in the palace dress responded.
"He has just experienced assassination and the guards around him are relatively strict. Your actions are delayed for a while." Empress Zhao ordered.
"Yes." The woman in the palace dress responded.
Empress Zhao signaled that she could leave, and the woman in the palace dress jumped out of the window as she did last time and disappeared without a trace.
Chapter completed!